FututreBoston Mission Statement:
FutureBOSTON -- What Next for Boston and the Region in the Global Economy
The FutureBOSTON is a major civic dialogue, hosted over Boston.com, to see how far international collaborators can go -- framing concepts, generating models, and posting their solution on the Web to the major challenges confronting cities today. The project will give experts from Vancouver to Seoul the chance to weigh in on how to increase the density of housing in the corridor along Mass Ave in Boston, propose a sustainable live-work university district around MIT or utilize eMedical records to chart a pathway to better personal health.
"Talent is the world's natural resource," said Tom Piper, Executive Director of FutureBOSTON and a Senior Research Scientist at MIT. "FutureBOSTON is about engaging this talent worldwide in new ways over the web and focus it to help create a world class city that continues to attract and retain world class people."
FutureBOSTON is powered by Zude - a new social networking software that allow anyone anywhere to help shape the Boston's future, provides innovative solutions to global challenges; striving to:
• Engage young inventors, experts, designers and citizens alike in an international "IdeaJAMTM
• Link talent and opportunity in place in Bostonto create entirely new products and services
• Build lasting value by devising an entirely new live-work urban landscapes
• Create a community that supports itself one new idea at a time
• Enhance Boston's competitive edge
FutureBoston Content Solicitation
The FutureBoston project cordially invites you to contribute your projects,
movies, podcasts, papers, and other multimedia content to be presented as part
of the upcoming FutureBoston website. This email is your invitation to help identify
the challenges, objectives and actions needed to increase Boston's competitiveness
and take it into the next decade. We appreciate your assistance on contributing to this endeavor.
The site's focus is on providing analysis of current issues and proposing solutions for the future,
the site will focus on the following domains:
1. Urban design (including urban development, housing, planning and land policy)
2. Environmental Sustainability
3. Healthcare
Your opinion and input as those who have invested time and energy analyzing these
problems is integral in making this project a success. We look forward to your contributions
Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
Content to Submit
Please feel free to use this page to contribute content to this project.